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Language: en
Pages: 258
Pages: 258
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-06-04 - Publisher: Indiana University Press
“This volume examines the complex histories, politics, and experiences of wearing Islamic dress in sub-Saharan Africa.” —Heather Marie Akou, Indiana Unive
Language: en
Pages: 377
Pages: 377
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-02 - Publisher: Indiana University Press
In the small town of Dogondoutchi, Niger, Malam Awal, a charismatic Sufi preacher, was recruited by local Muslim leaders to denounce the practices of reformist
Language: en
Pages: 516
Pages: 516
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Queillerie
Language: en
Pages: 248
Pages: 248
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-09-09 - Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
In an environment of increasing conservatism, in a world where a woman's right to wear the headscarf has become a touchstone for issues of all sorts, and at a t
Language: en
Pages: 331
Pages: 331
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-02-06 - Publisher: Canadian Scholars’ Press
The issue of veiling has been remarkably under-researched and over-ideologized. In recent years, the adoption of the veil has come to symbolize a brave expressi